We are delighted to announce a new partnership between UWC Red Cross Nordic and The Horizon Foundation. The Horizon Foundation’s mission is: To improve the lives of children, families and communities in developing countries around the world, by offering education and care programmes. The Horizon Foundation was set up by Patrick and Kirkland Smulders in 2006 to help improve the lives of young people and their communities [...]

Following on from the success of 2014 when Elisabeth Dietz (Norway) and Izman Suhail (Maldives) were awarded two of the three gold medals of the Baltic Sea Philosophical Essay Event, this year Alexis Fonjallaz (Sweden) and Rachele Dal Cin (Italy) were placed in the top five students for their essay submissions and were awarded silver medals – a magnificent achievement. The competition is held each year by Baltic countries [...]

This weekend sees the last of the autumn university visits – with Professor Doreen Stabinsky, from the College of the Atlantic, visiting to meet prospective students and to deliver a presentation on global environmental politics (she is currently in Sweden, serving as the first-ever Zennström Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University). The University Office has posted a new record of university visitors (both in [...]

On the weekend of 7th- 8th November, a delegation of students attended the SANMUN (Sandefjord and Nesbru Model United nations) Conference in Sandefjord. The students were Nimra Nadeen (Pakistan), Abdul Abo Shokur (Sweden) and Fredrik Lura (Norway). Here Fredrik offers his reflections: Committees at SANMUN The 12th annual SANMUN conference was held 7-8th of November and, as in previous years UWC sent a delegation. The [...]

Students at the matbord On Sunday 15 November a number of students and staff joined in an International Food Table (Internasjonalt Matbord) event organised by the "volunteer central" (frivilligsentral) in Dale. Food from over 20 countries was displayed, admired, and eventually consumed by an enthusiastic crowd of around 200 people of all ages. With the guidance and support of our chef, Peter Schønen, students prepared [...]

It is a pleasure to host the Nordic National Committees on campus for their Annual General Meeting this weekend. Their itinerary has included connecting with students, meeting for their AGM and with the Education Management Team, and attending the European Show in the Høegh. This is the first time we have been able to host the Nordic NCs in our new buildings – the Thor Heyerdahl and [...]